Time Machine icon is Orange

I added a second external HDD so I now have two FireWire connected drives. The first drive used is still green. The newer drive is orange. I have tried connecting in different sequences, both drive directly to the iMac (one to FireWire Port and one through a Thunderbolt to FireWire adaptor). I have rebooted. I have turned TM Off and back On. I have checked in Finder and both drives have made TM backups - the backups are alternating between the drives as expected.
Occasionally in the past I have had a TM icon be orange, but rebooting or ejected and reconnecting always restored the icon color to the normal green.
Questions:
Is this an indications of anything I need worry about?
Is there a simple way to "make" the second TM icon's color be green as it should be?
All updates are installed. OS 10.8.2
27 inch iMac Mid 2011
Gordon
Atlanta

You wrote [If I eject both drives, then connect only the one that's usually orange, it will turn green. It will stay green as long as only one drive is connected, even if I log out and back in (of course it takes a minute to turn green after logging in).]
First off I am going from memory - stuff that happened last December. But what you wrote above seems right.
Next you wrote [If I wait for it to turn green and then plug the other drive in, they'll both be green -- but only until the next time I log out.]
I did once get both drives green, but it either did not maintain that color set or I could not duplicate it.
My condition today is this - One drive call it Backup1 is always orange, although it may be green during the boot process. One drive call it Backup2 is always green - never orange.
Now if I eject both drives, remove the physical cable connections form my iMac, reboot the iMac and connect just one - it does not matter which to my iMac when that drive is recognized it will be Orange - for purposes of this paragraph call the Orange Drive DriveA. Now if I connect the other dirve it will be green. If I eject both drives or if I reboot the iMac, DriveA will still be orange.
It is my theory that OSX somehow remembers which of my drives is the Orange Time Machine drive unless I force it to relearn that another drive should be the Orange drive. That forced learning is by turning off the PC with neither external HDD connected, booting and finally connecting one drive -- at that point OSX has "learned" what external drive is Time Machine and orange.
Gordon
Atlanta

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